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Taylor Swift Was "Startruck" At Crowd of 96,000

Taylor Swift may be one of the most powerful women in the world in the world right now — between her Eras Tour, Time's 2023 Person of the Year status, and her buzzy relationship with NFL star Travis Kelce — but she's managed to maintain her charming relatability through what has surely been her biggest year yet (see: her viral chugging clip and that time she "accidentally" went clubbing with her parents).

The pop star is still blown away by the thousands of people who come to see her every night on tour. On Friday, the singer played a show at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia to a sold-out venue with a whopping 96,000 fans in the audience — making it her biggest show ever.

"This is the biggest show that we have done on this tour or any tour I have ever done," Swift told a cheering crowd in a video shared to X (formerly Twitter). "That's the version you get of me tonight, the version that's completely starstruck by the fact that so many of you wanted to hang out with us on a Friday night in Melbourne."

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Swift also has two more shows in Melbourne on Feb. 17 and 18 before she heads to Sydney for her shows at Accor Stadium. In the last week, Swift has practically made it the entire way around the world. Swift performed in Tokyo last weekend before jetting off to see her boyfriend play in the Super Bowl on Sunday night. After the Kansas City Chiefs clinched the storied Vince Lombardi trophy, Swift and Kelce celebrated by partying until the wee early hours in Las Vegas alongside his team, fellow celebs, and her friends and family.

Unfortunately, earlier this week, a mass shooting killed one and injured 23 people during the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade. This morning, Swift donated $100,000 to a GoFundMe page created for the deceased's family. “Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift,” she wrote alongside her contribution.

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